Poll: Guys and Romantic Comedies

[Suicidejim]

The comedy usually falls a little flat for me, and I generally don't like romance as anything other than a distraction. Also, a frequent problem in rom-coms (horror has started to stumble into this pit too) is the whole 'formula' issue, where many films follow an eerily identical structure, which is then justified by the one 'quirk' the movie has to offer (the guy sells viagra, he got her pregnant, they already got drunkenly married, he lives at home, she's a superhero, one of them suffers from some kind of personality disorder, something like that).

I like movies that are romantic and funny, but rom-com's tend to be neither of these things.

A movie that I find romantic and funny is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

That, however, I do agree with. Very enjoyable movie.

 

[Treefingers]

I hate romantic comedies. IMHO they tend to be about as romantic as watching the mating cycle of penguins and just about as funny.

Um, penguins are WAAAY more awesome than the majority of rom-coms.

That may be, but that doesn't make their mating cycle any more enjoyable to watch.

Debatable. Personally, I could watch penguins all day, doing whatever they want. Rom-coms on the other hand... different story.

 

[smearyllama]

I'm a huge Scott Pilgrim fan, if that counts.
Other than that, I generally avoid them. They're just not something that interests me, as there are generally better films out there.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I hate romantic comedies. IMHO they tend to be about as romantic as watching the mating cycle of penguins and just about as funny.

Um, penguins are WAAAY more awesome than the majority of rom-coms.

That may be, but that doesn't make their mating cycle any more enjoyable to watch.

Debatable. Personally, I could watch penguins all day, doing whatever they want. Rom-coms on the other hand... different story.

I'm guessing you've never seen any documentaries on real life penguins. They are monumentally less interesting to watch than they are in cartoons and animated movies about tap dancing. ...much like RomCOms

 

[EeveeElectro]

As a woman myself, I rarely enjoy romantic comedies. I'd rather watch an adventure/action/horror flick any day. But on occasion I will watch one.

Pretty much this! >_<
I find them a bit too predictable. They always seem to follow the same gender role (The girl is an uptight, boring ***** who just needs the cooky, fun-loving guy to show her a good time!)
It annoys me that they seem to think all women can only have a choice of three personalities too.

Don't even get me started on the 'Boy likes girl, girl doesn't like boy, boy persists, girl suddenly likes boy.'
I hate that cliché so much D:

 

[hermes]

Like every genre out there, it has some good examples and some bad ones. I tend to give them a fair chance, but the truth is, most are so full of cliches its almost laughable... Its like there is only a couple templates for a script and when they need a new movie they just search and replace some pieces and BAM, you got a script worthy of Jennifer Lopez, Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler.

 

[Bazaalmon]

Does Rom-Com include Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog and/or Scott Pilgrim vs. The World? Because if so, then I guess I like them.
The problem I have with Rom-Com is it's often too soppy and cliché, but like with any genre, there are good and bad movies.

 

[orangeban]

I find all romance hilarious, it's so strange and irrational! Oh you humans and you're emotions!

 

[loudestmute]

I will admit there are some damn good RomComs out there (the aforementioned Love Actually being a personal favorite), but most are formulaic and insubstantial enough that it takes a while for an exception to register on my radar.

Shame, really.

Plot= Man meets woman, man and woman fall 'in love', man somehow screws up, woman leaves man, man 'proves himself' to woman, man and woman end up together at the end.

Setting= A big city or a foreign country that is most likely European

Characters= Woman is an overworked professional, Man is fun loving and secure and 'just what she needs', Womans best friend is sexual and sometimes a minority, Man's best friend is crude an broish and 'doesn't understand love. The main couples best friends usually hook up by the end of the film so that everyone lives HAPPILY EVER AFTER

BAH HUMBUG

Interesting side note: Replace the "overworked professional" with the "popular girl at high school," have someone get naked before the end credits and now you've got yourself a teen comedy.

 

[Right Hook]

Went with not usually but sometimes, mostly because on occasion I can find myself enjoying a particular scene but that enjoyment usually fills me with a strange self-loathing at the fact that no quirky romance is likely to happen to me, not because I'm horribly inept but simply because I'm too pessimistic to believe it could.

 

[DugMachine]

I feel that they give impressionable women the idea that all romances and men should be awkward funny guys with all sorts of adventure.

 

[Powereaver]

Nothing wrong with a romcom sometimes.. sure they can get INCREDIBLY cheesey and predictable but hey plenty of other movies from other genres can be EXACTLY the same so... cant complain.

 

[StriderShinryu]

I do enjoy the occasional rom-com, but I find it depends very heavily on the actors involved. Regardless of how "good" the rom com is, I can't stand Julia Roberts, Matthew McConnehay (no idea if that's spelled right) or Reese Witherspoon to name a few. A cool action movie or sci fi flick can win me over with almost any actor as long as they do their job, but in a rom com I am much more critical of casting.

Also, a slightly less conventional story helps. The Bridget Jones movies were quite enjoyable and I still think Jerry Maguire is a good time. The less super cookie cutter, the better.

 

[Grahav]

They can be good, but often they are not.

I think that a lot of men see rom-coms the way women see porn. As basically a grosely unrealistic and idealised representation of the opposite sex...it's clear these things are aimed at women.

Porn for women, basically.

Nothing wrong with a romcom sometimes.. sure they can get INCREDIBLY cheesey and predictable but hey plenty of other movies from other genres can be EXACTLY the same so... cant complain.

Yep, but I get the impression that it happens a lot with this genre.

 

[Kargathia]

If anything comes down to two people being horribly awkward and misunderstanding and supposedly "cute" and filled with well-meaning but ridiculously flawed plans to declare the love they're probably not even aware of and...

*takes a deep breath*

Let's just say I'm not averse to romantic plots, but movies identifying themselves as "romcom" tend to be mass-produced bile-inducing drivel making me long for that much-anticipated day when I finally can introduce the guts of whomever writes these things to whatever pointy object catches my fancy. Repeatedly.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Sometimes. For instance, I would say the movie: I Love You Man, is a romantic comedy/bromance. That movie is one of my favorite comedies.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

I can watch them but i wouldn't really say i like them.
If i do watch one it's more to pass the time rather than because i'm actually interested in it.

 

[Dogstile]

I like love actually and mean girls. Haven't like another rom com like, ever.

 

[Syzygy23]

I'm a guy, and a fan of romantic comedies in general.

Have you told your parents yet? It's ok, times are different now. Except in Texas, I don't think that's legal there yet.